Incorporations appear to have fallen out of favour and I know of only one that has been formed in the last 20 years. In contrast new ahu whenua trusts for the management of Māori freehold land are regularly set up through the Māori Land Court.
Land Management Structures Note: This includes management structure types of Ahu Whenua Trusts, Whenua Tōpū Trusts, Māori Incorporations, Māori Reservations, and trusts that are a sole owner of a block.
Documents/Maori-Land-Data/2025-10-28-MLC-Maori-Land-Update-2025.pdf (229 kb)
How to constitute an ahu whenua trust or whenua tōpū trust Read the guide here on how to constitute an ahu whenua trust or whenua tōpū trust.
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP1 11:00 AM AP-20230000026678, A20210014075 67/93, 289/93 Simon Tukaki, Steven Taikato, Orissa Plimmer Opureora 1No B No 3 Block – Judicial Conference (Partition) SP2 12.00 PM AP-20230000029148 67/93 Māori Trustee Matakana No 1A7A Block – Seek directions SP3 12.30 PM AP-20230000026768, A20230003106 21/94 Shelley Toa and Kate Brown Mangatawa 2B 2A Trust (Tamapahore Marae) – Inquiry into administration of reservation SP4 2.00 PM AP...
Documents/Panui/17.-Special-Waikato-Maniapoto-21-November-2024.pdf (153 kb)
(Respondents: The trustees of Wiremu Kairau Ahu Whenua Trust) SP 5 2:00PM AP-20230000028972 A20230004072 231/93 Edith Brady Wiremu Kairau Ahu Whenua Trust – Review of trust SP 6 2:00PM AP-20240000001489 244/93 John-Henry Smith Wiremu Kairau Ahu Whenua Trust - Mimitu Ruarei 4B 2H 4B 2J and 4B 2K Block – Variation of trust SP 7 2:00PM AP-20240000001844 239/93 John-Henry Smith Mimitu Ruarei 4B2H, 4B2J, 4B2K Māori Reservation Trust
Documents/Panui/30.-Taitokerau-Special-2-July-2024.pdf (148 kb)
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP1 1:00 PM AP-20250000000573 239/93 240/93 Deborah Tekahurere Bush He whakarerekētanga ki ngā tarahitī mō Maungatautari 5A1C3B Ahu Whenua Trust Reduce the trustees of Maungatautari 5A1C3B Ahu Whenua Trust by removing Linda Parnell SP2 1:00 PM AP-20250000006228 239/93 240/93 Deborah Tekahurere Bush He whakarerekētanga ki ngā tarahitī mō Maungatautari 5A1C3B Ahu Whenua Trust Reduce the trustees of Maungatautari 5...
Documents/Panui/2.-Waikato-Maniapoto-2-September-2025.pdf (127 kb)
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP4 3:00 PM AP-20250000000573 239/93 240/93 Deborah Tekahurere Bush He whakarerekētanga ki ngā tarahitī mō Maungatautari 5A1C3B Ahu Whenua Trust Reduce the trustees of Maungatautari 5A1C3B Ahu Whenua Trust by removing Linda Parnell SP5 3:00 PM AP-20250000006228 239/93 240/93 Deborah Tekahurere Bush He whakarerekētanga ki ngā tarahitī mō Maungatautari 5A1C3B Ahu Whenua Trust Reduce the trustees of Maungatautari 5...
Documents/Panui/6.-Waikato-Maniapoto-16-October-2025.pdf (129 kb)
...Makiri - Succession SP9 2.30PM AP-20240000003600 231/93 Kawhena Marshall, Steven Marshall Eliza and Wiremu Marshall Whānau Trust – Review of trust SP10 3.00PM AP-20230000025917 18(1)(d)/93 67/93 Whaiti Kuranui 5C 2 Ahu Whenua Trust, Whaiti Kuranui 5D Sec 2 Ahu Whenua Trust Whaiti Kuranui No. 5C No 2 and Whaiti Kuranui No.5D Sec. 2 blocks - Judicial Conference (Recovery of monies owed)
Documents/Panui/13.-Waikato-Maniapoto-Special-4-September-2024.pdf (154 kb)
The most common governance entity is the ahu whenua trust, of which there are now over 5,500 in existence.
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP16 3:30 PM AP-20250000005962 244/93 Derna Trifilo, John McIver, He whakarerekētanga ki ngā tikanga o te Parengaroa Ahu Whenua Trust Vary the terms of the Parengaroa Ahu Whenua Trust – Judicial Conference SP17 3:30 PM AP-20260000001322 239/93 Derna Trifilo He whakarerekētanga ki ngā tarahitiī mō Parengaroa Ahu Whenua Trust Replace Martin Kingi & Derna Trifilo with Henry Tango, Davenna Penney & John Kingi as re...
